Bed accessory support



Sept. 24, 1935. MQRISHITA 2,015,280

BED ACCESSORY SUPPORT Filed June 17, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 BY r A TTORNEY.

Sept. 24, 1935. MoRlsHlTA 2,015,280

BED ACCESSORY SUPPORT Filed June 17, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 BY mmym A TTORNEY.

, Patented Sept. 24, 1935 UNITED ST ATES nnn accassoar surron'r Bulchi Mcrishita, Los Angelou, Calif. Application June 17, 1933, Serial No. 676,355

SClaims.

use by or in treatment of a person occupying a bed or crib.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which may be placed in convenient position to serve such reclining person and which is equipped with means for supporting articles, such as may be needed or desired by such person, in close proximity to the body of the person, to the end that the occupant of the bed may make full use of such article and at the same time be relieved from the burden of supporting the article.

The objects and advantages of my invention are more readily discerned upon perusal of the following description and examination of the accompanying drawings, of which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a baby crib to which the device of my invention is attached,

Fig. .2 illustrates a detail of the device of .Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 showsthe structure of my invention placed at the end of a bed, or out and fitted to,

The numeral l designates a crib, and 2 is a.

' bracket vertically mounted on this crib by means of a clamping member I. The latter. is made with a perforation 4, for seating the bracket, and it has a set screw [for securing the bracket in adjusted position. I

' The bracket is made with a horizontal extension, on which a knuckle I is seated to slide, and it is fastened in any desired position by means of a set screw. This knuckle is provided with a vertically directed bore, in which a rod 9 is fitted to slide, and this rod is clamped in position by a set screw 10.

With the device above described, properly placed, it is possible for an infant, occupying the crib, to enjoy the full use of the bottle supported by this device, as will now be described. The rod terminates at the bottom in a universal joint, which is shown tov comprise two ballsocket members II and I2, one of which is made with a threaded indentation for receiving the threaded end of the rod, as best shown in Fig. 4.

A bolt It extends transversely through the two members for the purpose of drawing the members together around a ball it, which ball forms part of the bottle support I! (see also Fig. 2). This support is made with a loop I 8, of a size 5 to receive the body portion of the nursing bottle l1, and with a smaller portion l8 shaped to receive the neck of such bottle. It is important to note, that the two loops open up to one side, making it possible to lay the bottle into 10 the support from this side. Where the bottle holder is sufilciently resilient, the bottle may merely be snapped into position, but a safer way may be to clamp it in place. To this end a set screw l9 may be employed, and a preferably soft 15 pad 20 is mounted on the end of this screw. said pad having a concave seat shaped to fit the contour of the bottle. Danger of breaking the bottle is in this manner eliminated.

The device of Figs. 3 and 4 has a broader field 20 of adaptatiorn Instead of clamping on the furniture served, it is here shown self-contained, comprising a post 30, rising from a base. This base is shown in the form of a light wheel truck ll, for conveniently moving the device on the 25 floor and through corridors of the dwelling or hospital where the device is employed.

The bracket 2 is shown mounted on this post by means of a pair of clamps comprising members 32 and 33. The member 32 is shown vertically perforated to receive the bracket and it is made with a vertically directed groove shaped .to fit the post 30. The member 33 may be simiup and down on the post 30, it is possible to tending to delay or counteract the elect of the treatment. The resilient member also maku it easier for the patient to change the position of the bag, should he so desire, as he will not have the weight of the bag to lift.

It may be foimd that the simple spring I! is too easily flexed and that the bag, for this reason, is not held securely in position, when required to remain unmoved. In such case I prefer to substitute the resilient member shown in Fig. 4 to comprise a stem 40, seated in the ball It, a sleeve ll riding on this stem, and a spring 42 urging the sleeve in the direction of the ball. As shown, the spring engages a head on the end of the stem and a flange closing the top of the sleeve around the stem. The sleeve terminates in a hook ll, on which the bag may be hung. This device permits counteracting the pressure due to the weight of the bag, while still maintaining its position when the ball joint is locked against movement.

The structure illustrated in Figs. 5 to '1 is designed to support reading matter and it is mountable on a bed, or at a bed. In the drawings it is shown mounted on the post by means of clamps comprising members 40 and 4|, both of which are vertically grooved to fit the post, the member 40 being shown vertically perforated to receive the bracket 2. Two screws 43 are provided to clamp the members on the post, and a screw clamps the bracket in adjusted position.

In the knuckle I is seated a frame comprising a pair of horizontal tubes ll, 48, held firmly together in spaced relation by a vertical member 41, seated in the knuckle. Book clamps ll, 49 are mounted to slide on these tubes and are adjustable thereon by means of a bolt 50. As shown in Fig. 6, a flexible cover publication, such as an unbound book or a magazine, is pushed between these book clamps and the latter are then drawn tightly together on the book by the bolt iii. -A pair of wire loops 5|, 5! are seated to slide in the tubes 45, 48, and on these loops are mounted a pair of slides 53, 54, against the faces of which the marginal edges of the book are held pressed by means of fingers II, 56, of these slides. ,Each finger is seated to slide in a stem 51, 58, and each stem is, by means of a spring 59, 60, yieldingly held retracted to press the fingers against the book margins, as stated. On the outer ends of the fingers are shown mounted knobs of soft material, such as rubber, to hold the paper more firmly in place and to prevent mutilation of the paper.

From this description it is seen, that the book clamps may be adjusted to hold books of various thicknesses, that the wire loops and the slides maybe adjusted to accommodate books of various widths; and that the fingers 55, 56 may be adjusted to suit the width of margin found aoilgaso inthebooksupportedbythedeviee. Avery convenient and inexpensive book support may in this manner be interchanged with other supports, as described, and this book support may be placed in any desired position relative to the occupant of the bed or couch served, and also adjusted to any angle of vision most convenient to the reader.

The structures shown and described are merely illustrative of my invention and no attention is paid to relative sizes or mechanical proportions, my aim being to make the drawings as clear and easily read as possible in. the space allotted. Where the book binding is stiff enough to interfere with the use of the book clamps, I employ a wire clamp 62, hinged on the central frame at 63. This clamp has a bent part 64, terminating in a hook 85. To use this fastener, the book is first laid, opened through its center, against the support; the wire is then swung into the central groove between the pages and hooked on to the rod 41. Should the clamping members interfere with this arrangement, they need merely be pushed apart somewhat, as there always will be found sufilcient space for them intermediate the projecting back and the side edges of the book.

I claim:

1. In a support, a frame, extensions slidable in said frame, a central adjustable clamping device slidable on said frame, and clamping devices slidable on said extensions.

2. In a support, a frame comprising a body portion and parallel tubes transversely fixed on said body portion, wire extension loops slidable in said tubes, a central clamping device comprising members slidable on said tubes and a bolt combining said members, and marginal clamping members slidable on said wire loops.

3. In a support, a pivotally hung body, said body including parallel tubes perpendicular to the axis of the body, central members adjustable on said tubes, means for clamping said members together on an article supported, extension loops slidable in said tubes, slides on said loops, spring held posts in said slides, andmarginal clamping members on said posts.

4. In a book support, a body, said body including transverse parallel tubes, a clamping member slidable on said tubes on each side of said body. a bolt combining said clamping members, loops slidable in said tubes, slides movable on said loops, a spring held post in each slide, and a marginal clamping finger in each post.

5. In a book support, a body, said body including transverse parallel tubes, a central clamping member slidable on the external surface of said tubes, and marginal clamping members slidable within and extendable from said tubes.

BUICHI MORISHITA. 

